2006-2007 Student Handbook - University of the Incarnate Word

Academic PoliciesClass Attendance (Back to TOC)Students are required to attend class regularly and be punctual. Attendance policies for individual classesare set by the instructor and written into the course syllabus. Responsibility for attendance is placedprimarily on the student. Students with a poor record of attendance may be given a grade of “F” for thecourse or be required to withdraw from the course.Students who are unable to attend scheduled classes should notify the University Advising Center (829-3926). The office staff will notify the instructor. This notification does not excuse you from class.Completion of assignments must be arranged with the instructor. An “excused” absence is declared at thediscretion of the individual instructor.Class Absence for School Activities (Back to TOC)At times, a student who is participating in an activity approved by the University is required to miss a class.Some examples of such activities are: (1) those that a student participates in as a condition of his or herUniversity-sponsored scholarship, (2) a College Dean-approved event, or (3) those that are a condition ofsatisfactorily completing the requirements of his/her major.No student participating in any such event shall be charged with a specific penalty for missing the class andany student will be given the opportunity to make up work missed in that class within some reasonableperiod of time. Instructors may wish to indicate more specifically how they will deal with thesecircumstances in their syllabi.It is recognized that there are other activities that may be important to the student. Arrangements fordealing with any class work missed as a result of these activities must continue to be negotiated betweenthe student and the instructor.In any event, instructors may ask students who will miss more than 15% of the scheduled classes throughany combination of excused and/or unexcused absences to withdraw.Policy on Academic Integrity (Back to TOC)University of the Incarnate Word is strongly committed to the nurturing of academic excellence. TheUniversity expects its students to pursue and maintain truth, honesty and personal integrity in theiracademic work.Academic dishonesty, in any form, constitutes a serious threat to the freedoms, which define an academiccommunity. The following definitions and guidelines have therefore been established to secure themaintenance of academic integrity at Incarnate Word.I. Forms of Academic Dishonesty include, but are not limited to:1) Cheating• Fraudulent or deceitful work on tests, examinations, or other class or laboratory work.2) Plagiarism• Appropriation of another’s work and the unacknowledged incorporation of that work in one’sown written work offered for credit.3) Counterfeit Work• Including turning in, as one’s own work, that which was created, researched or produced bysomeone else.4) Falsification of Academic Records• Knowingly and improperly changing grades on transcripts, grade sheets, electronic datasheets,class reports, projects or other academically related documents.5) Unauthorized Reuse of Work37